4 killed in Comilla road crash

Four passengers including a minor were killed and six injured after a bus hit a tree beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla early today.

Three of the deceased -- Abu Hanif, 6, Sahabuddin, 35, and Nurul Hasan Rifat, 29, -- are from Lohagora upazila while Amzad Hossein, 23, hailed from Satkania of Chittagong, our correspondent reports quoting Officer-in-Charge of Daudkandi Highway Police Station Abul Kalam Azad.

The Chittagong-bound bus of Saudia Poribohon dashed the roadside tree around 2:00am due to poor visibility caused by dense of fog, the OC said.

The driver managed to flee the scene.

The injured were admitted to Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex from where they were shifted to Comilla Medical College Hospital.